Machine for making boxes and crates



'July 31, 1923. 1,463.72?

. J- SHELLENBERGER MACHINE FOR MAKING BOXES AND CRATES Original Filed Feb. 21 1919 4 Sheets-Sheet 1 1 MW+ m alzll'ornqqsl- July 31, 1923.

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J. SHELLENBERGER MACHINE FOR MAKING BOXES AND CRATES Original Filed Feb. 21. 1919 4Sheets-Sheet 5 [rwnfiw Jbim 1256 9072 394/ v viwzbl flli'orizg Patented duly Ell, lfifir'lo JOHN EHELLENBEEGER, 0F ROME, GEQRGIA, ASSIGNOE TO SEALED CASE COMPANY,

st lt??? A CORPORATION OZ? NEFV YORK. I

MACHINE FOR llIAXING BOXES AND CBATES.

Application filed February 21, 1919, Serial No. 278,368.

To all whom may concern:

Be it known that l, Jenn Si-innnnnnnnenn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Home, in the county of Floyd and State of leorgia, have invente l certain new and useful ln'iprovcinents in Machines for Making Boxes and Crates; and I do hereby declare the 'iollowii'ig to be full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My present invention relates to improvements in machines for making boxes, crates, box or crate blanks and the like, in which it is desired to attach a series of strips or battens across the face of the box boards or sheets of side material.

In the manufacture of box and; crate blanks, and the like, and more especially in the manufacture of? that line of wire bound boxes which have reinforcing battens under the binding wires, one of the most dillicult parts of the process of making the box blanks is the placing of the battens without delaying the process.

Attempts have been made to feed the battens automatically from holders or hoppers, by placing them directly in -front of the staplers and providing fingers, lugs or catches to engage the rear end of the lowest batten under the pile of battens in the holders, and push it forward under the staplers; but as the battens are generally quite thin, being ordinarily not over or J,- of an inch in thickness, the hold on the thin material often pulls out, or the catches lose their grip on account of the battens being warped, or because of the friction caused by having a stock of battens superposed over the lower batten that is being moved. It will be obvious that it one batten of the series of bat tens on a box blank is not fed properly, that x For these reasons, battens for box blanks have heretofore been fed entirely by hand.

My present invention consists of an at- Rencwet June 9, 1921. Serial No. 476,337.

tachnient that can be made and applied to any of the box and crate making machines that are new in common use, which attachment will automatically feed the battens from holders or hoppers placed to one side of the staplers on a suitable machine. 1 arrange these hoppers so that the forward end of the tier of battens in the hopper will be in line with the front edge of a box blank to which these battens are to be attached, and I provide means for pushing or pulling the lower batten of each tier laterally from the side of the hopper to the proper place under the stapler; and I provide means for stopping the leedin mechanism for the battens after one set or' battens has been positioned until said set of battens has been stapled all along the box blank.

1 also provide means for automatically starting the batten teed when the next box blank is in position to receive the battens, thus repeating the operation indefinitely.

It will be seen that the length of the battens is immaterial when they are pulled or pushed from the sides of the hoppers, since it will only take a short movement to move the batten entirely from the hopper; but it requires an altogether dillerent mechanism from the rear end feed arrangement hereinbett'ore referred to.

My invention will be more fully understood at't-er reference to the accompanying drawings, in which like parts are indicated by similar reference symbols throughout the several views, and in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the feeding end of the apparatus showing the operation of applying the battensand stapling the same to the box boards.

Figure 2 shows a longitudinal section through the apparatus shown in Figure 1, the said section being taken along the line 2 oi Figure 8 and looking in the direction oi the arrows.

Figure 3 is a plan view of the right hand side of the apparatus shown in Figure 1, the remaining parts shown in Figure 1 being mere duplication are not shown in Figure 3.

Figure is an end view of the mechanism tor intermittently driving the batten Feed, the parts being shown on a larger scale than in Figures 1 and 3.

Figure shows a section through the same parts as are indicated in Figure 4, the

- These section being along the line 5 5 of Figure 3 and looking in the direction of the arrows, and parts being shown in elevation.

Figure 6 shows a section along the line 6-6 of Figures 2 and 3, and looking in the direction of the arrows. I

Figure 7 is a perspective view of one of the box blanks after the battens have been attached thereto, but before the edges of the blank are cut away and the battens weakened; while Figure 8 is a similar view but shows the edges of the blanks cut away and the battens weakened so that the blank can be bent or broken around the corners of the box heading when the blank is being nailed thereon.

This invention is intended more especially to manufacture a blank comprising the top, bottom and sides of the box, the ends or heads being assembled and secured in the blank in the usual way.

A represents the main frame which is shown as comprising two plates A connected together by the cross pieces or plates A, A and A B represents the side beams of the worktable on which the conveyor chains C travel. These beams are supported on the cross piece A and on the legs B. These beams B are preferably L-shaped in cross section as shown in Figure 6, and are shouldered as at b to register with the ends of the box boards and are grooved as at b to receive the con veyor chains C.

These conveyor chains C are provided with pusher lugs c, spaced apart slightly farther than the length of the box blank to which the battens are to be stapled, and these lugs push the box blanks forward as the chains move in the forward-direction. chains are mounted on suitable sprocket wheel D mounted on the shafts D, and these sprocket wheels are driven in any convenient way, as is well known in the art. The driving means, being well understood, are not shown in the drawings.

Mounted above the box blank are a series of hoppers E, E, and E parallel to the chains G, which hoppers are open at the end to permit the insertion of the batten strips X, and are open at one side of the bottom so as to permit the ejection laterally from the hopper of the lowest bat-ten of the tier in the hopper. These hoppers may be supported on the body frame in any convenient way, as by means of the brackets F, which are provided at their base with laterally projecting shoes f, provided with a dove-tailed recess transversely therein to receive the dove-tailed strips or plates G, and with this construction the hoppers may be spaced at any desired distance apart.

I have shown three of these batten hoppers in the drawings, but it will be obvious that the number of hoppers may be increased or decreased as desired, provided, of course, that the staplers are also adjusted to operate on the battens when ejected from the hoppers, as will be hereinafter described.

In order to simultaneously eject the lowest batten from each of the hoppers, I provide a transverse batten feed arrangement comprising conveyor chains H, provided with a series of push lugs 7t spaced apart the desired distance through which each batten is to be moved from the hopper in order to place it in line with the corresponding stapler.

These chains H pass over sprocket wheels I and I on the corresponding shafts l and I and the shaft 1 is provided with a bevel gear wheel I through which intermittent motion is transmitted to the batten feed chains H as will be hereinafter described.

lVhen the lowest battens are ejected from each hopper the movement is regulated by the ratchet P so as to stop when in line with the stapler head K. The various stapler heads K are connected to a cross head L whose ends reciprocate within slots a" in the side plates A". Reciprocating motion is imparted to this cross head L by means of the pitman M which engages the eccentric M mounted on the shaft M This shaft M is continuously rotated during the operation of the machine by suitable driving mechanism not shown. Thus, the op eration of the staplers continues while the conveyor chains C are in motion conveying the box. blank beneath the staplers, the arrangement being such that the conveyer chains advance during the upper half of the cycle of operation of the staplers and remain stationary during staple driving operations.

When one box blank is completed,,and the boards or sheets of side material for the next box blank have been put in place on conveyor chains C in the usual way, the lower batten from each hopper is fed on top of the box boards or sheets of side material V and W, while the staplers are moving through the upper half of their cycle of operation, as will now be described.

N represents a connecting rod pivoted at one end on an adjustable stud on the crank wheel and at the other end to the pin it carried by the disk 0, which disk is loose on the shaft P carrying the ratchet wheel P. The end of this shaft P carries the bevel gear P meshing with the bevel gear I n the shaft 1 The disk 0 carries a pawl arrangement 0 preferably composed of a series of pawls 0 of varying length, three of such pawls being shown in Figures 4 and 5. By having pawls of varying lengths, the adjustment. of the required dis tance of the ratches P can be made very accurately.

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The ratchet wheel P is fast on the shaft P, and loose on this shaft is a second disk R carrying the curved shield R, which is adapted to be swung between the pawl arrangement 0 and the ratchet wheel P, and to throw these pawls out of engagei'nent with said ratchet wheel, exceptfor a brief interval periodically when it is desired to move the chains H of the batten feed.

This disk is provided with a pin 8 to which is pivoted. the rod S, the other end of the rod being connected to the lever T. The lever T is connected, by a pin 6' en gaging in a slot, to asecond lever T, the free end t of which second lever normally projects in the path of one of the chains 0, as shown in Figure 3, and is adapted to be struck by one of the lugs c on said chains, when the new box blank is fed forward to the position for beginning the stapling of the batten thereto, see Figure 3.

As these chains C move forward, the lug c in front of the adjacent box blank will strike the arm t of the lever T and will rock the levers l" and T to the position shown in dotted lines in Figure 3] This will cause the rod S t swing the shield B clear of the pawls 0 and the pawls will engage the ratchet .vheel P, causing the eccentric M to rotate the shaft P through a sufficient angle to turn the gear wheels P and 1* far enough to cause the batten feed chains H to feed the bottom batten from each tier to the top of the be blank. This movement is effected in the brief mo ment that the staplers are clear of the battens. When the lug c is moved a slight distance forward, it will pass clear of the free end t of the lever T, and the levers will be restored I to the initial position, shown in full lines in Figure 8, by means ofthe coil spring U, whose ends are secured, respectively, to the disk R and to the yoke Q of the bracket Q, which bracket Q; is secured to the main frame A, as shown in Figures 1 and 3.

In order to prevent the free end 2," of the lever T from swinging back too far, a suitable stop 25 may be provided, as shown in Figure The wire Y is fed to the staplers from a suitable coil V, see Figure 2. V

The construction and operation of the staplers is well :nown in the art, and therefore need not be further described herein; suitable staplers beingshown, for example, in the patent to Thompson No. 1,258,625 of March 1918,which are adapted at each operation to form and drive a. staple over binding Wire into box parts.

The operation of the complete device tollows The first set of boards V] and V which constitute the side material of the box blank, are placed on the conveyor chains C by hand in the usual way, and the chains are moved until the be}; boards project beneath the hoppers E, E and The battens X are then placed endwise in the batten hoppers and are arranged in tiers, as shown in l igure Each hopper has an opening beneath one side thereof, of suiiicient depth to permit the ejection through that side of the lowest batten of the tier. The lowest batten rests on the chains ll between jaeent lugs 'lhese lugs project above top of the chain slightly less than thickness ofthe batten, so that the li push the bottom batten laterally, l not touch the next batten above the botton': one in th tier.

in order to have these lugs 7L properly located on the chains H, and also to hars the lugs 0 proper v located on the chains C, the links on these chains may be made adjustable in any convenient way, but such adjustment will be obvious to those skilled in the art and will not be .in'ther described herein.

After the ba pers, the chai "tens are placed in the hop C are fed forward, when as the front edge of the box blank registers with the stapler, one of the lugs c on the corresponding chain C'will strike the free arm 1 oi the lever T and will set the batten feed li'lGCllZtllSlHl in operation. ca the lugs it onthe chains H to push out the lowest batten of each ti r from the hopper to the position shown in i 'nre 1, in which position the battens will renster with "he stapler heads K. This feeding actic of the battens will only last for an inst: until the forward movement of the it causes it to clear the arm t of the lee:

T and thenthe spring U will snap the shield R bacl: to the position shown in Figure 4:, disengaging the pawls o from the ratchet wheel P, and throwing the bz'itten feed mechanism out o operation.

, When this batten f s l is out of operation the continuous movement of the crank wheel will simply rock the disk G, causing; the pawls 0 to drag backwards and f" wards over the shield R, but without tul' the ratchet wheel P. Thus the inte 'iit action of the batten feed oans :i is take place only dr the orieli instant :teed of the battens will in no way be dependent upon the staplers.

Should by any possibility a single batten jam, all of the batten feed would fail to operate and the box blank about to be operated upon would not be injured in any way. Such accidents, however, would be practically impossible, nor would there any possible danger oi the l atten not being led properly to the staplers when released from the bottom ot the hoppers by the in termittent operating feed mechanism hereinbefore described.

After the battens have been attached to the bot: boards by the staplers, the box blank is removed from the machine and the adjacent edges of the box heart 5 preferably are cut away and the battens weakened, as shown in Figure 8, and the box blank may then be bent to the proper shape and the heads or ends inserted nailed in place in the usual way.

It will be obvious that various modiand fications might be made in the construction,

combination and arrangement of parts which could. be used without departing "from oer bein )lOVlClGCl with an oienin at one t) I? side of its base of sullicient depth to permit the ejection of -a sin lebatten laterally theret-hrough, and reed chains movable transversely ot the conveyor for simultaneously and laterally ejecting the lowest batten from each of said hoppers, substantially as described.

2. Apparatus of the character described comprising an endless conveyor for box or crate blanks, series 0t hoppers for battens arranged above said conveyor and parallel to the movement ot said conveyor. each hopper being provided with an opening at one side base of sufficient depth to permit the ejection of a single batten laterally therethrougl h, and :teed chains movable transversely of the conveyor automatically controlled. by the movement of said conveyor for sintmltaneously and laterally ejecting the lowest batten from each of said hoppers, substantially as described.

3. Apparatus ot the character described, comprising an endless conveyor for box or crate blanks, a series of hoppers for battens arranged above said conveyor and parallel to the movement of said conveyor, each hopper being provided with an opening at one side oil its base of suliicien t depth to permit the ejection of a single batten laterally therethrough, and means for simultaneously and laterally ecting the lowest batten from each oi said hoppers, comprising teed chains movable transversely of said conveyor and supporting the lowest batten in each hopper, said chains being provided with pusher lugs adapted to engage the lowest batten in each hopper, and mechanism cinitrolled by the movement of said endless conveyor for intermittently moving said teed chains, substantially as described.

l. Apparatus oil the character described, comprising an endless conveyor :r'or hon or crate blanks, a series of stapling devices arranged transv rsely of said conveyor, a series of hoppers tor battens arranged above sa d conveyor and parallel to the movement said conveyor-pend all equidistant latorally from the corres iionding staplers, each hoppe being provided with an opening at one .te ot its base of stil isn't depthto permit the ejection ot a single batten laterally therethrough, and .ntermittently operated mechanism automatically controlled by the movement of said conveyor simultaneously and laterally ejecting the lowest batten from each of said hoppers, and placing it in trout of the corresponding stapler, substantially described.

4). Apparatus oi the character described. omprising an endless conveyor for boo: or crae blanks, a series of stapling devices arranged transversely olt said conveyor, a scries oi hoppers for battens arranged above said conveyor and parallel to the HIOVQDlGI'H. o'l. said conveyor, and all equidistant laterally from the corresponding staples, each hopper being provided with an opening at one side of its base of su'llicient depth to permit the ejection of a single batten laterally therethrough, and means for simultaneously and laterally ejecting the lowest balten from each of-said hoppers, comprisin teed chains movable transversely of said conveyor and supporting the lowest batten in each hopper, said chains being provided with pusher lugs adapted to engage the lowest batten in each hopper, and mechanism controlled by the movement of said endless conveyor to intermittently moving said teed chains, substantially as described.

6. Apparatus oi the character described, comprising an endless conveyor for bOI-I or crate bla .-.ks, a series o'l hoppers for battens arranged above said conveyor and parallel to the movement of said conveyor, each hopper being provided with an opening at one side of its base of sufiicient depth to permit theejection of asingle batten laterally therethrough, and. means for simultaneously an d laterally ejecting the lowest batten from each of said hoppers, comprising feed chains titl movable transversely of said conveyor and supporting: the lowest batten in each hopper, said chains being provided with pusher lugs adapted to engage the lowest batten in each hopper, a driven shaft, and a ratchet and pawl arrangement driven thereby and controlled by the movement of saidendless conveyor for intermittently moving said feed chains, substantially as described.

7. Apparatus oi the character described, comprising an endless conveyor for box or crate blanks, a series of hoppers "for battens arranged a wove said conveyor and parallel to the movement of said conveyor, each hopper being provided with an opening at one side oi its base of sul'licient depth to permit the ejection a single batten laterally therethrough, and means for simultaneously and laterally ejecting the lowest batten from each of said hoppers, comprising 'leed chains movable transversely of said conveyor and supporting the lowest bat-ten in each hopper, said chains being provided with pusher lugs adapted to engage the lowest batten in each hopper, and mechanism for intermittently moving said feed chains. comprising a driven shaft, a ratchet and pawl arrangement driven thereby, gearing adapted to be driven by said ratchet and pawl arrangement, mechanism for normally holdingsaid ratchet and pawl arrangement out of operation, and means controlled by the movement of said conveyor tor intermittently throwing said ratchet and pawl arrangement into operation, substantially as described.

8. Apparatus oi? the character described, comprising an endless conveyor for box or crate blanks, a series of hoppers for battens arranged above said conveyor and parallel to the movement of said conveyor, each hopper bein provided with an opening at one side of its base of sutlicient depth to permit the ejection of a single batten laterally therethrough, and means for simultaneously and laterally ejecting the lowest batten from each of said hoppers, comprising: teed chains movable transversely of said conveyor and supporting the lowest batten in each hopper, said chains being provided with pusher lugs adapted to engage the lowest batten in each hopper, and mechanism for intermittently moving" said teed chains, comprising a driven shaft, a ratchet and pawl arrangement driven thereby, gearing; adapted to be driven by said ratchet and pawl arrangement, means for normally holding said pawl out of engagement with said ratchet. a system of lovers, and a series oi' lugs carried by said conveyor and spaced apart thereon, said luggs being adapted to intermittently rock said system of levers, and means contro led by said levers tor tem- 'iorarily effecting); the engrapement of said pawl with saidratchet, substantially as described,

9. Apparatus of the character described, comprisin an endless conveyor for horror crate blanks, a series of hoppers for battens arranged above said conveyor and parallel to the movement of said conveyor, each hopper being provided with an opening at one side of its base of sufficient depth to permit the ejection of a single batten laterally therethrough, and means for simultaneously and laterally ejecting the lowest batten from each of said hoppers, comprising teed chains movable transversely of said conveyor and supporting the lowest batten in each hopper, said chains being provided with pusher lugs adapted to engage the lowest batten in each hopper, and mechanism for intermittently moving said :i'eed chains, comprising adriven shaft, a ratchet and pawl arrangement driven thereby, gearing adapted to be driven by said ratchet and pawl arrangement, means for normally holding said pawl out of engagement with said ratchet, a system of levers, and-a series of lugs carried by said conveyor and spaced apart thereon, said lugs being adapted to intermittently rock said system of levers, and means con trolled by said levers for temporarily effecting the engagement of said pawl with said ratchet, with a spring for restoring said levers to the initial position when said lugs pass out of engagement therewith, substantially as described.

10. iipparatus oi the character described, comprising an endless conveyor for box or crate blanks, a series of staplingdevices arranged transversely of said conveyor, a driven shaft for driving said staplers, a series of hoppers tor battens arranged above said conveyor and parallel to the movement oi? said conveyor, and all equidistant laterally from the corresponding staplers, each hopper being provided with an opening at one side of its base of sullicient depth to permit the ejection of a single batten laterally therethrough, and means for simultaneously and laterally ejecting the lowest batten from each of said hoppers, comprising teed chains movable transversely ot said conveyor and supportingthe lowest batten in each hopper, said. chains being provided with pusher lugs adapted to engage the lowest batten in each hopper, and mechanism controller by the movement ct said endless conveyor for intermittently moving said teed chains, comprising a driven shaft, a ratchet and pawl arrangement driven by said driven shaft, (rearing adapted to be driven by said ratchet and pawl arrangement, mechanism for normally holdin said ratchet and pawl arrangement out of operation, and means controlled by the movement otsaid conveyor for intermittently throwing said ratchet and pawl arrangement into operation substantially as de- SC-Ilbed- I 1:"

11. Apparatus of the character described, comprising an endless conveyor for box or crate blanks, a series of stapling devices arranged transversely of said conveyor, a driven shaft for driving said staples, a series of hoppers for battens arranged above said conveyor and parallel to the movement. of said conveyor, and all equidistant laterally from the corresponding staplers, each hopperbeing provided with an opening at one side ofits base of sufficient depth to permit the ejection of a single batten laterally therethrough, and means for simultaneously and laterally ejecting the lowest batten from each of said hoppers, comprising feed chains movable transversely ot said conveyor and supporting the lowest batten in each hopper, said chains being provided with pusher lugs adapted to engage the lowest batten. in each hopper, and mechanism controlled. by the movement of said endless conveyor for intermittently moving said feed chains, comprising a driven shaft, a ratchet and pawl arrangement driven by said driven shaft, gearing adapted to be driven by said ratchet and pawl arrange-- ment, means for normally holding said pawl out 01 engagement with said ratchet, a system of levers, and a series of lugs carried by said conveyor and spaced apart thereon, said lugs being adapted to intermittently rock said system of levers, and means controlled by said levers for temporarily effecting the engagement of said pawl with said ratchet, substantially described.

12. Apparatus of the character described, comprising an endless conveyor for box or crate blanks, a series of stapling devices arranged transversely of said conveyor, driven shaft for driving said staples, a series of hoppers for battens arranged above said conveyor and parallel to the movement of said conveyor, and all equidistant laterally from the corresponding staplers. each hopper being provided with an opening at one side of its base of suiiicient depth to permit the ejection of a single batten laterally therethrough, and means for simultaneously and laterally ejecting the lowest batten from each of said hoppers, comprising feed chains movable transversely of said conveyor and supporting the lowest batten in each hopper, said chains being provided with pusher lugs adapted to engage the lowest batten in each hopper, and mechanism controlled by the movement of said endless conveyor for intermittently moving said feed chains, comprising a driven shaft, a ratchet and pawl arrangement driven by said driven shaft, gearing adapted to be driven by said ratchet and pawl arrangement, means for normally holding said pawl out of engagement with said ratchet, a system of levers, and a series of lugs carried by said conveyor and spaced apart thereon,

said lugs being adapted to intermittently rock said system of levers, and means controlled by said lever for temporarily efiieetin the engagement of said pawl with said ratchet, with a spring for restoring said levers to the initial position when said lugs pass out of engagement therewith, substantially as described.

13. A machine for use in making boxes or crates comprising, in combination, tastener-setting mechanism; work-forwarding means to feed side material. and battens to said mechanism; and means to feed battens laterally and horizontlly to said work-forwarding means.

14. A machine for use in making boxes or crates comprising, in combination, tastener-setting mechanism; work-forwarding means to feed side material and battens to said mechanism; and means to feed battens laterally and horizontally and position them on the work-forwarding means.

15. A machine for use in making boxes or crates comprising, tener-setting mechanism; work-forwarding means to feed side material and battens to said mechanism; and means to feed battens laterally and horizontally and position them relative to side material on the work-forwarding means.

16. A machine for use in making boxes or crates comprising, in combination, fastener-setting mechanism; work-forwarding means to feed side material and battens to said mechanism; and means to feed a plurality of battens laterally and horizontally and position them relative to each other on the worb-forwarding means.

17. A machine for use in making boxes or crates comprising, in combination, as tenersettingr mechanism; work-forwarding means to feed side material and battens to said mechanism; and means to feed a plurality of battens laterally and horizontally and. position them relative to each other and side material on the worlcforwardinp; means.

A. machine for use in making boxes or crates comprising, in combination, binding wire-applying mechanism; work-forwardmeans to feed side material. and battens to said mechanism; and means to feed battens laterally and horizontally to said workforwarding means.

19. A machine for use in making boxes or crates comprising, in combination, bindingwire-applying mechanism; work-forwarding means to feed side material and battens to said mechanism: and means to feed battens laterally to said work-forwarding means at selected times.

20. A. machine tor use in making boxes or crates comprising, in combination, bindingwire-applying' mechanism; work-forwarding means to feed side material and battens in combination, tase to said mechanism; and means controlled by the WOIlGZlOl'XVL'tICllHQ; means to feed battens .a orally to said Work-forwarding means. 7 i

A machine for use in makin boxes or era" comprising, in combination, bindingwireapplying mechanism; Worl-t-forwa 'dinn; means to feed side material and battens to said n'icchanism; and means controlled in accorrhijnce with the feed of tllGWOlli to feed battens laterally to said Work-forwarding means. i

A machine for use in ma ring boxes or crates comprising, in combination, a worl; l-npport; fastener-setting mechanism; means to cause relative progression between said nice ianisin and the Work; and means teed bat-tens laterally and horizontally on to sheets of side material on said WOIl'C support.

crates com IlJ SlD lII combination, a Work support; binding re-applying mechanism; "means to cause relative progression between said mechanism. and the Work; and means to :teed battens laterally and horizontally and position them relative to sheets material on said work support.

2%. A machine for use in making boxes or states comprising, in combination, a WOllC support binding-xvirte-applying mechanism; means to cause relative progression between said mechanism and the Work; and means controlled by said relative progression to feed battens laterally and horizontally and position them on said Work support bindingnvire-receiving position. i

25. A. machine for use in making boxes or crates comprising, in combination rastenen setting mechanism; worlr-torwarding means to feed side material and battens to said mechanisi hoppers for said battens; and separate means for ejecting said battens from sat: hoppers in a direction transverse to the movement of the worlt-torwarding means.

26; A machine for use in making boxes or crates comprising, in combination ifastenen setting; merdranism; Work-forwarding means tofeed side material and battens to said mechanism; hoppers for said battens; and s'e arate means "for ejecting battens from said hoppers in a direction transverse to the movement oi the workatorwarding means and iiositioning the same on the Worlcion warding means.

27. A machine for use in making boxes or crates comprising, in combination, fastenerse't'ting: mechanism: WOIlFfOIV/Zlfl'llilfi means to feed box parts to said mechanism; hoppers for box materials; and indelent of but controlled by the Work-forfrom said hoppersin a direction transverse to the movement of the work-forward meansi I A machine for use in making boxes or ding means for ejecting: boil materials 1i machine-for use in making boxes or crates comprising, in combination 'astenermech 'sm; worlr-torwardiin means i parts in a llOl'iEOF- n; hoppers for box; A a, means movable ransversely of forwarding means for ejecting; box materials from said hopand superimposing; said materials n the l on the bot; pai onsaid Wornl i ie for use in in crates comprising, in combine setting to position and feed be); parts in a horizontal plane to said mechanism; hoppers for boz; materials; and separate in ms movable s'z'erse v oi the wor r-torwarding means J02; materials from said hoppers ning the same on ts on boxes or i rastenen said ivorlr-iorwarding means.

30. machine for use in making boxes '(J tonl eecl box parts to said mechanism; noppers for box materials; separate means for ejecting b0): materials from said hoppers in a direction transverse to the movement of the Worlntorivaiding means and positioning the same on the work-forwarding means; and means controlled by said W01l( forwarding means for actuating said eject in means.

32. like machine, for or era comprising, t ler-settling inc-chair per tor l boxes nation, faswarding ens arr ed above 1 line; means and parallel to the movement thereof said hopper being provided at one of its base \Jfl'tll opening to cell the ejection of a batten laterally therethrough; and means movable transversely the we i ilorivarding means for ejecting a batt-z, om saidhopper.

83. A machine for use in making boxes or crate comprisin in combination, tastener-settinn; mechanism; \volit-forwarding means; a plurality of hoppers for battens or god above said worlnforwarding means parallel to the movement thereof, eachhopper being provided at one side of its base with. an opening to permit the ejeciechanisra; Work-torwarding; means or otherwise assembled into on said ejection or a batten laterally therethrough;

means movable trai'isversely the Work-for- \rz-uu'ag means ifor simultaneously ejecting a batten trom each of said hoppers; and means anton'iatically to control said ejecting means.

A machine for use in making boxes compr s in in combi ation, fastener-setting mechanism; work-tor-warding means for progressively subjecting box parts to the action or said fastener-setting mechanism; a piuialit or hopprrs for box parts; and a coi'itrollable, independent common feeding means 'l'or simultaneously ejecting; box parts i om said hoppers in a direction transverse to the movement oi the Work-forwarding means and positioning the same in desired relationship on said Work-torwarding means at selected times. i i v 86. A machine for making box or crate blanks or sections to be subsequently folded I box form com- 5', 1 combination, a Work-support;

i; tenor-setting mechanism; means to position a plurality of box parts in the same 1;" on said Work-support; means to cause re ative progression between said mecha- 'sin and the box parts; and means to feed ier box parts in a direction transverse to he direction of said relative progression and po tion them in the same plane on said irst mentioned box parts.

-37. A. machine for making box or crate blanks or sections to be subsequentlyfolded or other), lse assembled into box form comprising", in combination, fsstener-setting mechanism: work-forwarding means to position a plurality of box parts in the same plane and reed them to said fastener-setting meciai'iism; and means to feed other box partsiu a direction transverse to the direction of movement of said work-torwarding means and position them in the same plane mentioned box parts.

A machine for use in making boxes or crates comprising, in combination, a worksupport; binding-Wire-applying mechanism: means to cause relative progression between said mechanism and the Work; and means to feed box or crate parts laterally and horizontally to said Work-support.

39. A machine for use in making boxes or crates comprising, in, combination, binding-Wire-applying mechanism; Work-forwarding means; and means to feed box or crate parts laterally and horizontally to said Work-forwarding means.

l0. r machine for making box or crate blanks or sections to be subsequently folded or otherwise assembled into box torm comprising, in combination, a work-support; fastener-setting mechanism; means to position a plurality of box parts in the same plane on said Work-support; means to cause relative progression between said mechanism and the box parts; hoppers for other box parts; and means to tree said other box parts from said hoppers in a direction transverse to the direction of said relative progression and position them inthe same plane on said first mentioned box parts.

ll. A machine for making box or crate blanks or sections to be subsequently folded or otherwise assembled into box form comprisin in combination, fastener-setting mechanism; Work-forwarding means to position a plurality of box parts in. the same plane and iced them to the fastener-setting mechanism; hoppers for other box parts; and means to feed said other other box parts from said. hoppers in a direction transverse to the direction of movement of said work forwarding means and position them in the same plane on said first mentioned box parts. v

e52. A machine for use in making boxes or crates comprising, in combination, a work-support; fastener-setting mechanism; means to cause relative progression between said mechanism and the Work; a plurality of hoppers for box or crate parts; and means to feed box or crate parts from said plurality of hoppers simultaneously to said Work-support in a direction transverse to the direction of said relative progression. 41-3. A machine for making box or crate blanks or sections to be subsequently folded or otherwise assembled into box form comprising, in combination. fastener-setting mechanism; Work-forwarding means to position a plurality of box parts in the same plane and feed said box parts to said "tas- ,tener-setting mechanism; a plurality of hoppers for other box parts; and means to feed said other box parts from said plurality cit hoppers simultaneously in a direetion transverse to the direction of movement of said worlnforwarding means and position them in the same plane on said first mentioned box parts.

4%.. A machine for making box or crate blanks or sections to be subsequently folded or otherwise assembled into box form comprising, in combination, a Work-support; fastener-setting mechanism; means to position a plurality of box parts in the same plane on said Work-support; means to cause relative progression'betvveen said mechanism and the box parts; and means to feed other box parts in a direction transverse to the direction of said relative progression and position them in the same plane on said first mentioned box parts comprising an endless conveyer movable transversely the direction of said relative progression.

45. A machine for making box or crate blanks or sections to be subsequently folded or otherwise assembled into box form comprising, in combination, fastener-setting mechanism; Work-forwarding means to position a plurality of box parts in the same plane and feed them to said fastener-setting mechanism; and means to feed other box parts in a direction transverse to the direction of movement of said Work-forwarding means and position themiin the same plane on said first mentioned box parts comprising an endless conveyer movable transversely the work-forwarding means.

46. A machine for making box or crate blanks or sections to be subsequently folded or otherwise assembled into box form comprising, in combination, a work-support; fastener-setting mechanism; means to position a plurality of box parts in the same plane on said Work-support; means to cause relative progression between said mecha-' nism and the box parts; means to feed other box parts in a direction transverse to the direction of said relative progression and position them in the same plane on said first mentioned box parts; and means to control the operation of said feeding means.

47. A machine for making box or crate blanksor sections to be subsequently folded or otherwise assembled into box form comprising, in combination, a work-support; fastener-setting mechanism; means to position a plurality of box parts in the same plane on said Work-support; means to cause relative progression between said mechanism and the box parts; means to feed other box parts in a direction transverse to the direction of said relative progression and position them in the same plane on said first mentioned box parts; and means to control the operation of said last mentioned feeding means.

JOHN SHELLENBERGER. 

